'Avatar' success still far behind 'Gone with the Wind'

Correction appended

By IBT Staff Reporter On 01/25/10 AT 8:44 PM

Avatar, which is set to beat ‘Titanic’ in the next few weeks as the all-time record holder for U.S. Domestic box-office receipts is still relatively far from beating 1939’s “Gone With the Wind” as the inflation-adjusted box office champion.

‘Avatar’ is also neck to neck with ‘Titanic’ for the worldwide box-office gross record at $1.839 billion and $1.843 billion, respectively.

However taking into account that ticket prices are much different today than they were in previous decades, measuring the success of a film can be more complicated.

Adjusting for ticket price inflation, Avatar’s domestic box-office gross as of January 24, 2010 is $558.5 million dollars ($551.7 unadjusted). “Gone with the Wind” has an adjusted gross of $1.49 billion.